Ted Poe: “As passengers boarded their early morning flights and commuters boarded the train to work, multiple bombs exploded in…”

“As passengers boarded their early morning flights and commuters boarded the train to work, multiple bombs exploded in Brussels. Days after Belgian law enforcement captured alive ISIS terrorist Salah Abdeslam, one of the suspected ringleaders in the Paris attacks, ISIS terrorists struck again. At least 30 civilians were murdered and more than 200 others were injured. Mr. Speaker, it is obvious that the U.S.' current strategy against ISIS, which has allowed terrorist organizations to retain havens from which to plan and launch attacks for nearly 2 years, is inadequate. Empty words claiming progress, containment, and success are meaningless. The latest attack is not surprising. Attacks will come to our soil if our leaders continue to refuse to define the enemy--radical Islam. Jihadists have promised to bring terror to the United States. They will deliver on that promise if we do not use our full resources to eliminate them. They are at war with us. Whether we are at war with them is still very unclear. So as we mourn for the people of Belgium, the United States should work with all free people to eliminate this evil group, this terrorist group, ISIS. And that is just the way it is. ____________________”